January Monthly Meeting at Cedar Bluff Library

Hey everyone,
Happy New Year! We will be starting off 2026 with our first monthly meeting this Saturday the 10th at 11am at the Cedar Bluff Public Library. The address for the library is 9045 Cross Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37923. There is plenty of parking in the back. You may be wondering why we are not meeting at UT Research Park. UT has changed the requirements for accessing the buildings on the weekend so we can no longer meet there. We had to rush to find a substitute meeting location for this month. Hopefully we can find a meeting location in the future that is as good or better than our UT Research Park lecture room. If you have any suggestions on a good meeting location please send it to [ecardwell@gmail.com](mailto:ecardwell@gmail.com). This month we will have a lot of new EV related information to discuss. How will developments in Venezuela affect the worldwide oil markets in the future? How will pull packs in EV models and increase of hybrid models delay EV adoption rates? We need a few volunteers for our EV booth at the February House and Garden show. And as always, feel free to bring your own questions about driving electric!

Meeting Agenda

• Member Introductions, meet new members, anyone get a new EV?
• Report on previous month events
• December holiday party
• Venezuelan oil market
• sweet crude vs heavy crude
• how cheap can gas get?
• $70/barrel survival limit?
• OEM's canceling or pulling back EV
• Ford announced cancelation of F-150
• VW Buzz skipping 2026
• While some pull back, others advance
• How will this affect EV adoption?
• Rivian "Autonomy & AI Day" Dec. 11th
• Custom AI silicon chip
• Hands-free driving
• AI assistant
• February House and Garden Show
• Feb. 6th-8th Knoxville Convention Center
• Volunteers needed, see sign up sheet below
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cOzvCpYhX4Q5tg34CJIAAwwiUh2vhneR8vONB9PkFLQ/edit?usp=sharing
• No February monthly meeting, please consider attending the H&G show
• March Monthly Meeting at Cadillac Knoxville
• See newly renovated showroom
• Hear about the latest Cadillac EVs like the Vistiq and the V-series offerings
• Cadillac to invite all previous EV buyers as well as KEVA
• Possible radio remote
• Other EV News
• Is GM considering the Tesla Model X designer and Aurora Co-founder as the next CEO?
• Ford switches battery capacity to home backup power systems.
• BYD overtakes Tesla as the global EV seller.
• EV tech to be announced at CES 2026

Meeting date and time: Saturday January 10th, 11am-1pm

Meeting location: Cedar Bluff Public Library, 9045 Cross Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37923